Improving Surface Mass Balance Over Ice Sheets and Snow Depth on Sea Ice
Surface mass balance (SMB) over ice sheets and snow on sea ice (SOSI) are important components of the cryosphere. Large knowledge gaps remain in scientists' abilities to monitor SMB and SOSI, including insufficient measurements and difficulties with satellite retrievals. On ice sheets, snow acc...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:20140011036 2023-05-15T15:01:03+02:00 Improving Surface Mass Balance Over Ice Sheets and Snow Depth on Sea Ice Koenig, Lora Suzanne Box, Jason Kurtz, Nathan Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available March 5, 2013 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140011036 unknown Document ID: 20140011036 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140011036 Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright CASI Geosciences (General) GSFC-E-DAA-TN9141 EOS; 94; 10; 100 2013 ftnasantrs 2019-07-21T00:26:31Z Surface mass balance (SMB) over ice sheets and snow on sea ice (SOSI) are important components of the cryosphere. Large knowledge gaps remain in scientists' abilities to monitor SMB and SOSI, including insufficient measurements and difficulties with satellite retrievals. On ice sheets, snow accumulation is the sole mass gain to SMB, and meltwater runoff can be the dominant single loss factor in extremely warm years such as 2012. SOSI affects the growth and melt cycle of the Earth's polar sea ice cover. The summer of 2012 saw the largest satellite-recorded melt area over the Greenland ice sheet and the smallest satellite-recorded Arctic sea ice extent, making this meeting both timely and relevant. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Greenland Ice Sheet Sea ice NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Arctic Greenland |
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Surface mass balance (SMB) over ice sheets and snow on sea ice (SOSI) are important components of the cryosphere. Large knowledge gaps remain in scientists' abilities to monitor SMB and SOSI, including insufficient measurements and difficulties with satellite retrievals. On ice sheets, snow accumulation is the sole mass gain to SMB, and meltwater runoff can be the dominant single loss factor in extremely warm years such as 2012. SOSI affects the growth and melt cycle of the Earth's polar sea ice cover. The summer of 2012 saw the largest satellite-recorded melt area over the Greenland ice sheet and the smallest satellite-recorded Arctic sea ice extent, making this meeting both timely and relevant. |
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Improving Surface Mass Balance Over Ice Sheets and Snow Depth on Sea Ice |
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Improving Surface Mass Balance Over Ice Sheets and Snow Depth on Sea Ice |
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Improving Surface Mass Balance Over Ice Sheets and Snow Depth on Sea Ice |
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Improving Surface Mass Balance Over Ice Sheets and Snow Depth on Sea Ice |
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Improving Surface Mass Balance Over Ice Sheets and Snow Depth on Sea Ice |
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improving surface mass balance over ice sheets and snow depth on sea ice |
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